I see my neighbours bins every bin day overflowing and it's got me wondering how much rubbish do you think you actually produce per person each week?
Not including any recycling, or waste food collection which is separate, just what we call the black bin here, I reckon we as a household of two on average we put less than two black bin bags out a fortnight, that's less than half a black bag each a week.
There are two of us. There will usually be either 1 or 2 bags from the 25ltr (I think) kitchen bin in the black bin when i put it out each fortnight. They aren't really 'full' full, normally though - it is more a question of getting anything smelly out of the kitchen. If I have been around and emptied the other wastepaper baskets, which I proably do once a month or so, then there will be 2, certainly - most of the bulk will be snotty tissues though.
We usually cook from scratch and compost and recycle a lot though.
About a supermarket carrier bag full every 3rd week. Not that you can get one any more, fortunately “charities” keep shoving suitable alternatives through my letterbox 🙂 Everything else goes in the other six recycling bins.
One 25L bag a fortnight. I live alone, am at work for most of the week, and don't really spoil myself much with consumer goods, except for beer, I fucking love beer, but the cans get recycled.
I generate a low amount, but seem to move in with people who generate loads. Atm I'm in a 5 person sharehouse where only some stuff is shared
We produce one kitchen trash bag a month. There are two of us, with a dog and cat.
Recycling and composting really go a long way
Is there any way to recycle food waste without it being 'icky' though? We have a council food waste bin, but it's outside. I don't really want it inside stinking the kitchen up. I don't want to have to bring all my food waste outside every time.
Not much. They collect household rubbish once a fortnight round my way, and I don't typically need to put my bin out every time even for that. Probably going to have to start doing it anyway now there's some sun, so things don't get stinky.
We have our black bin collected fortnightly and we usually half-fill it. Three of us and pets.
Our kitchen bin only really is used for non-recyclable plastic and pet waste. Everything else goes in the food bin or recycling wheelie bin. Our recycling wheelie bin is usually completely overflowing, whereas many of my neighbours completely overfill the black bin and barely even bother with the recycling and food bins.
I don't generate much as I separate out the food waste (no longer collected separately but it stops my main grey bin from festering) and cardboard, plastic, glass, batteries and tetrapacks all get recycled, so it is just dry unrecyclable waste. I just emptied it the other day and couldn't for the life of.me remember the last time I did it - a month or so, I assume. I took the opportunity to wash the bin too.
The bin dudes collect every two weeks. We usually have the wheelie bin about half to 2/3 full.
All of our fruit/veg waste (and any selotape-free non-glossy cardboard) goes into the garden compost bin.
